''X: Writings ’79–’82'' is a book by American
avant-garde
The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or ' vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.John Picchione, The New Avant-garde in Italy: Theoretical ...
composer
John Cage (1912–1992), first published in 1983. The book includes
mesostics on the names of various people. In the forward to ''X'', Cage writes that the volume's texts represent an attempt "to find a way of writing which comes from ideas, is not about them, but which produces them."
The book contains the following works:
* "Foreword" (1983)
* "Writing for the Fourth Time through
Finnegans Wake
''Finnegans Wake'' is a novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It is well known for its experimental style and reputation as one of the most difficult works of fiction in the Western canon. It has been called "a work of fiction which combines a bod ...
" (1983)
* "'There is not much difference between the two.' (Suzuki Daisetz)." (1979)
* "Toyama 1982" (1982)
* "
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of ...
,
Marcel Duchamp
Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (, , ; 28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art. Duchamp is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso ...
,
Erik Satie: An Alphabet" (1981–83)
* "Another Song" (1981)
* "Writing through the Cantos" (1983)
* (untitled) (1979, also known as "Correction")
* "B.W. 1916–1979" (1979, also known as "
Ben Weber, 1916–1979")
* "For her first exhibition with love" (1982)
* "Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse)" (continued 1973–82)
* "Wishful Thinking" (1983)
* "Muoyce (Writing for the Fifth Time through Finnegans Wake)" (1982, also published earlier as "Muoyce")
See also
*
List of compositions by John Cage
This is a list of compositions by John Cage (1912–1992), arranged in chronological order by year of composition.
List of works
Apprenticeship period (1932–36)
* ''Greek Ode'', for voice and piano (1932)
* ''First Chapter of Ecclesiastes'' ...
References
1983 books
Essay collections
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